March 2025 - WETA Magazine by WETA

Star-studded drama returns Sunday, March 23 9 p.m. on WETA PBS & WETA Metro

WETA Focus

ETA presents some of the ﬁnest dramas on television to the public in Greater Washington, featuring a wide array of engrossing, high-quality storytelling that enthralls and entertains viewers in our community. We are proud to make this extraordinary content accessible to all.

The 1971 inception and success of Masterpiece (formerly Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery!) paved the way for a wide range of intelligent adaptations of classic literature and original stories. These productions have mesmerized our devoted audience with tales of love and loss, fortune and ruin; history, power and intrigue; swashbuckling adventures and more, including a particular favorite, mystery.

In March, we are excited to premiere an eagerly awaited sequel to the 2015 Masterpiece drama Wolf Hall, an acclaimed adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels chronicling the rise of Thomas Cromwell as an advisor to England’s famed King Henry VIII. The riveting, star-studded ﬁrst season of the series won a host of honors, including BAFTA TV, Peabody and Golden Globe awards. Now Masterpiece has brought the ensemble cast back together to continue the story of power politics in the Tudor court.

This sumptuous historical drama typiﬁes the absorbing storytelling that fans cherish. For me, WETA Sundaynight dramas, including Masterpiece, remain appointment viewing. Viewers can also stream those programs — and many other free drama o erings — at a time of their choosing. I encourage you as well to sample the presentations on our WETA UK channel — which now, like our other television channels, streams live.

This month on WETA PBS, in addition to Wolf Hall, enjoy new seasons of Marie Antoinette and Call the Midwife, and episodes of classic series Foyle’s War and Agatha Christie’s Poirot

Thanks for watching, and thank you for your ongoing support of our service to the community.

Sharon Percy Rockefeller President and Chief Executive Oﬃcer, WETA

PBS News Special: President Donald Trump Address to Congress

Tuesday, March 4 at 9 p.m. on WETA PBS & WETA Metro

On the night of March 4, PBS News presents live special coverage of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address — followed by the Democratic response — on WETA PBS and WETA Metro (and PBS stations nationwide). The newscast will also stream on PBS News’s digital and social platforms, including the website pbs.org/newshour. Co-anchored by Amna Nawaz and Geo Bennett, the coverage will include reporting from Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins and White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López, as well as analysis from guests.

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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on Masterpiece

Star-studded historical drama premieres March 23 at 9 p.m. on WETA PBS & WETA Metro

Stream on the PBS App or binge-watch with WETA Passport

For nearly 55 years, WETA has brought iconic drama anthology series Masterpiece to audiences throughout Greater Washington, presenting adaptations of novels and more that have entranced viewers with riveting stories from classic and contemporary literature — or based on original content. Masterpiece has been essential Sunday-night entertainment for WETA viewers for decades. This month, WETA features the muchanticipated sequel series to the BAFTA- and Golden Globe-award-winning 2015 Masterpiece production Wolf Hall, which adapted the ﬁrst novels in Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning trio of works charting the meteoric rise of Thomas Cromwell in the Tudor court — from blacksmith’s son to feared King Henry VIII’s closest and most inﬂuential advisor.

The principal cast returns for Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on Masterpiece, a six-part series ﬁlmed in locations all over England and Wales and based on Mantel’s ﬁnal “Wolf Hall” novel. Oscar-winner Mark Rylance stars as Cromwell and Emmy-winner Damian Lewis (Homeland) portrays King Henry VIII. Jonathan Pryce is Cardinal Thomas Wolsey; Kate Phillips (Miss Scarlet) is Jane Seymour; and Lilit Lesser is Princess Mary. They are joined by Harriet Walter as Lady Margaret Pole, Timothy Spall as the Duke of Norfolk, and a superb ensemble cast, both returning and new. Seven-time BAFTA-winner Peter Kosminsky directed the new season of the drama, adapted for television by Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light picks up in May, 1536 and traces the ﬁnal four years of Cromwell’s life. Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, is dead. As the axe drops, Thomas Cromwell emerges from the bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry, settles into short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour. Cromwell, a man with only his wits to rely on, has no great family to back him, and no private army. Navigating the moral complexities that accompany the exercise of power, Cromwell is caught between his desire to do what is right and his instinct to survive. As fortune’s wheel turns, Cromwell’s enemies are gathering in the shadows. The inevitable question remains: how long can anyone survive under Henry’s gaze?

Stream the series via the PBS App, or binge-watch with WETA Passport as of the March 23 broadcast premiere.

Kate Phillips portrays Jane Seymour; Damian Lewis is Henry VIII

Jonathan Pryce is Cardinal Wolsey

W7DrumCity on WETA Arts

Monday, March 3 at 9:30 p.m. on WETA PBS; 8:30 p.m. WETA Metro; stream on PBS App

ETA’s Emmy Award-winning local arts and culture series WETA Arts presents something new in March, spotlighting 7DrumCity, a multifaceted hub for music lovers in D.C. and beyond. A concert venue, rehearsal spot, music school and community space all in one, 7DrumCity and its founder, Miles Ryan, aim to host and inspire music and musicians of all kinds. A prime example of this dedication is their Flashband program, produced by Emily Goodman, which gathers 50 music hobbyists in a Meet & Greet Jam, and groups them to create unique and unlikely one-time bands. They have only a month to ﬁnd their footing, and their sound, before they’re performing at a Flashband showcase. WETA Arts follows new grunge-soul-EDM fusion group Death Club 7 as they work to harmonize their complex musical makeup and rock their sold-out ﬁnal concert.

If You Lived Here

New episodes air Mondays in March, 9 p.m. WETA PBS, 8 p.m. WETA Metro; stream on the PBS App

WETA’s local house-hunting series If You Lived Here presents four more Season 4 episodes this month, spotlighting neighborhoods around Greater Washington. After the broadcast premieres, stream episodes on the PBS App or at weta.org/ifyoulivedhere. Follow the series via @ifyoulivedheredc on Instagram.

• Frederick, MD (March 3) — Hosts Jen Osborn and Ricardo Frederick Evans tour homes with realtor Jon Prettyman and learn about Frederick’s history and deep German inﬂuences. Stops include the Willow Bend community and a 1901 farmhouse.

• Dupont Circle, DC (March 10) — With realtor Bo Billups, the hosts visit The Cairo and an 1870 Victorianstyle row home. They also explore the history of the renowned Washington neighborhood and stop in at the nearby Woodrow Wilson House.

• Ellicott, City, MD (March 17) — Alongside realtor Greg Kinnear, Jen and Ricardo visit the Villages of Montgomery Run, the Valley Mede neighborhood, and a historic 1874 home. They also take in museums, restaurants and attractions around town

• South Arlington, VA (March 24) — With realtor Kay Houghton, Jen and Ricardo explore homes in bustling South Arlington — home of WETA! — visiting the Carlton Condos, Fairlington and a Claremont property near Barcroft Park.

Chasing the Chesapeake

Monday, March 24, 9:30 p.m. WETA PBS, 8:30 p.m. WETA Metro; stream on the PBS App

It is a race without equal: Eleven racing yachts, helmed entirely by amateur sailors, compete in an adventure-packed 40,000-mile global circumnavigation. The Clipper Round the World Race is an endurance test like no other. The half-hour documentary Chasing the Chesapeake, from local ﬁlmmakers Heidi Hanson and Chris Warner, follows Team Washington, DC as it navigates the Atlantic tradewinds, takes on the epic Roaring Forties and faces the seas of the mighty Paciﬁc — all before racing to the Chesapeake Bay and up the Potomac for a stop at the DC Wharf. The youngest and only all-female team in the race, Team DC sets its sights on winning. Stream Chasing the Chesapeake as of March 1.

JENNA SCHWARTZ FOR WETA

DONNIE RIGGS FOR WETA

Death Club 7 band on WETA Arts

Hosts Jen and Ricardo with realtor Bo Billups in Dupont Circle

Support for If You Lived Here is provided by the Yuen Foundation.

Marie Antoinette, Series 2

10 p.m. Sundays starting March 23 on WETA PBS & WETA Metro; binge-watch with WETA Passport

The captivating historical drama Marie Antoinette returns to Versailles with a new eight-episode season that follows the personal and political life of the last Queen of France as events build toward the French Revolution. The lavishly costumed period drama, created by Deborah Davis (The Favourite), continues to chronicle the life of one of history’s most influential and controversial figures. Emilia Schüle stars as the title character alongside Louis Cunningham as Louis XVI. The tension builds in Series 2 as the pair face unprecedented challenges at the height of their power. As financial crises loom across the nation and political rivalries intensify, the royal couple must navigate an increasingly hostile court and a changing France as the seeds of revolution began to take root. Binge-watch Series 2 with WETA Passport as of the March 23 TV premiere.

All Creatures Great and Small: The Wisdom of the Dales

Sunday, March 2 at 9 p.m. on WETA

PBS

Among the beloved aspects of the popular Masterpiece drama All Creatures Great and Small is the simple wisdom that can be gleaned from the people of the Yorkshire Dales as they support each other as a community. A special program, The Wisdom of the Dales, shares lessons from the gentle, life-a rming series as well as from the actors, creative team, and even the family of All Creatures Great and Small author Alf Wight (James Herriot). The author’s son Jim discusses his father’s values, including being true to oneself, remaining humble, accepting advice from others, working hard, eschewing fame, and gratitude. The drama’s cast members also share reflections on the wisdom of the Dales and what they’ve learned during five years of filming the series.

Call the Midwife, Series 14

8 p.m. Sundays starting March 30 on WETA PBS & WETA Metro; stream with WETA Passport

The popular drama Call the Midwife rolls out a new season, following the nurses, midwives and nuns from Nonnatus House who serve the expectant mothers of the Poplar neighborhood in London’s East End with the best possible care. In the eight episodes of Season 14, it is now 1970. Chaos unfolds when activists on the Isle of Dogs block access, and Dr. Turner and the midwives must work hard to keep their services running as usual. Meanwhile, the Nonnatus House sta continues to tackle social challenges such as poor housing, poverty, and an array of health issues, including a puzzling case of an apparent immaculate conception. Watch episodes with WETA Passport, one per week starting February 28, a month before they broadcast on WETA PBS and WETA Metro.

America Made with Love

Monday, March 10 at 9:30 p.m. on WETA PBS

The Emmy Award-winning Made with Love series, which showcases craftsmen and their work, turns its spotlight on America in a new special that meets extraordinary artisans who embody our nation’s ingenuity. The program explores the vision and talent of some of the nation’s most extraordinary makers. From a cowboy bootmaker in Texas to a New Mexico jewelry artist, stories celebrate creativity rooted in tradition and passion. Whether sculpting baseball bats, hammering copper, catching lobsters, making ﬁne hats, or perfecting cheesemaking, these artisans embody the essence of American craft and dedication.

Among those featured are Washington National Cathedral stonemasons Joe Alonso and Brianna Castelli.

The Vietnam War

WETA co-production airs on American History Night, Saturdays at 8 p.m. starting March 29 on WETA PBS; binge-watch with WETA Passport

Starting Saturday, March 29 at 8 p.m. on American History Night, WETA reprises the epic, acclaimed 10-part documentary series The Vietnam War, created by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and producer Sarah Botstein in collaboration with WETA. The 2017 ﬁlm tells the story of the war, featuring testimony from eyewitnesses and participants who include Americans who experienced combat, and others who opposed the war — as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from the winning and defeated sides. The monumental series brings to life both the war and the chaotic epoch it encompassed. The Vietnam War includes digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some of the 20th century’s most celebrated photojournalists, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, and audio recordings from U.S. administrations. Visit pbs.org/vietnamwar to learn more.

Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter

Saturday, March 22, 8 p.m. on WETA PBS; Thursday, March 20, 8 p.m. on WETA Metro; stream on the PBS App

Anew one-hour documentary film airing during Women’s History Month spotlights an extraordinary public figure who experienced and helped shape some of the most vivid moments and movements of the 20th century. Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter explores the pioneering career, life and legacy of the trailblazing Washington, D.C. journalist, key advisor to President Lyndon Baines Johnson; Chief of Sta and Press Secretary to Lady Bird Johnson, author, humorist, political activist and proud Texan. Over her decades of service, Carpenter left her own indelible mark on events and people. The film weaves interviews with LBJ’s daughters, journalists Bill Moyers and Dan Rather, historians including Douglas Brinkley, and former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, with archival footage and rarely seen artifacts.

Bootmaker Steven Parker in Fort Worth, Texas

Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli 30th:

The Celebration

New special airs Wednesday, March 5 at 8 p.m. on WETA PBS

Since winning the “newcomers” section of the prestigious Sanremo Music Festival in 1994, Andrea Bocelli has gone on to become one of the most successful classical crossover artists in popular music. On the 30th anniversary of the world-renowned Italian tenor’s singular music career, a once-in-a-lifetime gathering of global superstars in Tuscany showcases Bocelli’s beloved repertoire through the decades. Jon Batiste, Soﬁa Carson, Lang Lang, Ed Sheeran, Shania Twain, Soﬁa Vergara, David Foster, Katharine McPhee, Will Smith and others are among the guests participating in a visually spectacular concert from the Teatro del Silenzio in Bocelli’s hometown. The program repeats March 9 at noon on WETA PBS.

My Music Presents: Best of the ’60s

New special airs Saturday, March 8 at 9 p.m. on WETA PBS

Anew special from concert impresario TJ Lubinsky features superstars from Pop, Folk, Rock, The British Beat, Motown, and Soul performing their biggest hits, classics and more, celebrating the decade of the 1960s. The compilation of live performances — part of the ongoing series My Music — includes artists Steppenwolf (“Magic Carpet Ride/Born To Be Wild”); The 5th Dimension (“Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In”); The Zombies (“Time of the Season”); Manfred Mann (“Do Wah Diddy”); Roger McGuinn of The Byrds (“Turn, Turn, Turn/Mr. Tambourine Man”); The Temptations (“Ain’t Too Proud to Beg/I Can’t Get Next To You”); The Miracles (“I Second That Emotion”); The Association (“Never My Love/Cherish”); The Rascals (“Groovin’”); and Martha & The Vandellas (“Nowhere to Run”); among many other popular acts. The program repeats March 11, 8 p.m. and March 14, 10:30 p.m. on WETA PBS.

50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary

Sunday, March 2 at 7 p.m. on WETA PBS

Marking the January passing of trio member Peter Yarrow, WETA reprises a special documentary that spotlights the folk ensemble’s artistic legacy and social impact. The program features rare television footage, including a BBC production from the early 1960s that showcases many of the group’s best performances and most popular songs at the peak of its artistry, a time when the popular and inﬂuential trio dominated the Billboard music charts. From the group’s emergence in Greenwich Village, to its role in the Civil Rights and Anti-War movements of the 1960s, through later decades of advocacy and music, and its ongoing inspiration to fans, this deep exploration reveals Peter, Paul and Mary’s impact on their generation and the world. The ﬁlm repeats March 7, 8:30 p.m. on WETA PBS.

The Fifth Dimension

Andrea Bocelli performs with Shania Twain

Peter, Paul and Mary perform at the 1963 March on Washington

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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light

The sequel to Masterpiece drama Wolf Hall stars

Mark Rylance (left) as Thomas Cromwell, the most inﬂuential ﬁgure of his time under King Henry VIII (Damian Lewis). Binge-watch 6 episodes with WETA Passport as of the March 23 broadcast premiere.

Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen

In a new series, the restaurateur, author and Great British Baking Show judge welcomes guests including Alison Hammond (left) into her Cotswolds home kitchen and shares cherished recipes and tips. Binge-watch 10 Series 1 episodes with WETA Passport as of Feb. 28.

Discovering Maggie Smith

A biographical ﬁlm looks at the remarkable career of the Academy Award-winning actor (1934-2024), whose roles included Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey and Prof. Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter ﬁlms. Stream the program now with WETA Passport.

Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth

In the beloved 1988 series, one of the most popular in public television history, journalist Bill Moyers and mythologist/storyteller Joseph Campbell explore the meaning and inﬂuence of enduring myths. Binge-watch the 6 episodes with WETA Passport starting March 1.

Marie Antoinette, Series 2

Emilia Schüle and Louis Cunningham return in the drama as France’s Marie and Louis XVI. In the new episodes, the revolt and a ﬁnancial crisis embolden their enemies. Binge-watch 8 Series 2 episodes with WETA Passport as of the March 23 broadcast premiere.

Call the Midwife, Series 14

A new season of the midwifery drama follows the nurse midwives into the 1970s as they work tirelessly to keep Nonnatus House running amid social turmoil. With WETA Passport, stream Series 14 episodes (one per week) starting Feb. 28, ahead of TV broadcasts.

NICK BRIGGS

PBS

7:30pm:) Great Migrations: A People on the Move (Pt 1. Exodus)

Years with Peter, Paul and Mary

Creatures Great and Small: The Wisdom of the Dales Marie Antoinette: Beyond the Portrait (to 11:30pm) The Washington Cherry Blossoms: A Gift of Friendship If You Lived Here, Season 4 (Frederick, MD)

60s & 70s Soul Celebration: My Music (to 1am)

Finding Your Roots w/ Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Series 9 encore: Rising from the Ashes PBS News Special: President Donald Trump Address to Congress

Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli 30th – The Celebration Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenborough (to 11:30pm)

Foyle’s War, Series 1: The German Woman Foyle’s War, Series 1: The White Feather (to 12m)

Washington Week with The Atlantic

50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary

(from 7:30pm:) Great Migrations: A People on the Move (Pt 2. Streets Paved with Gold)

(from 7pm:) Great Performances: Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl

My Music Presents: Best of the 60s (to 11:30pm)

Foyle’s War, Series 1: A Lesson in Murder + Eagle Day (to 1am)

5 Minute Yoga Fix with Peggy Cappy If You Lived Here, Season 4: (Dupont Circle DC) America Made with Love

My Music Presents: Best of the 60s

Great Performances: Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Series 12: Three-Act Tragedy

Washington Week with The Atlantic

Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD

(from 7:30pm:) WETA Viewer Favorites

(from 7pm:) 60s & 70s Soul Celebration: My Music

Antiques Roadshow: Living History Farms, Hour 3

Finding Your Roots w/ Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Series 10 encore: Born to Sing

Nature: The Elephant and the Termite

If You Lived Here, Season 4: Ellicott City, MD

Memory Makeover w/ Daniel Amen, MD (to 12m)

The Statue of Liberty (to 12m)

Get Good with Money with Tiffany Aliche (to 11:30pm)

Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen (Pt 1 of 3. Cat Among the Pigeons)

My Music Presents: Best of the 60s (to 1am)

WETA Viewer Favorites

Arts The Calling: A Medical School Journey (to 11:30pm)

American Experience: Fly With Me

NOVA: Building the Eiffel Tower

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Series 12: Halloween Party

Washington Week with The Atlantic History with David Rubenstein, Season 6

Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter

Lucy Worsley Investigates, Series 2 (Ep 4 of 4. Bloody Mary)

Antiques Roadshow: Denver Botanic Gardens Chat eld Farms, Hour 1

Finding Your Roots w/ Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Series 10 encore: The Brick Wall Falls

Weathered: Inside the LA Firestorm

Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen (Pt 2 of 3. Destination Unknown)

Great Performances at the Met: Grounded (to 11:30pm)

Her Name Was Grace Kelly

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on Masterpiece (Pt 1 of 6. Wreckage)

If You Lived Here, Season 4: South Arlington, VA

Chasing the Chesapeake

American Experience: Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act

Jackie: A Tale of Two Sisters

Marie Antoinette, Series 2 (Pt 1 of 8. The Worst Winter)

Independent Lens: Home Court (to 11:30pm)

Frontline The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram (to 11:30pm)

Nature: Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons NOVA: The Hunt for the Oldest DNA The Future of Nature (Ep 1 of 4. Oceans)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Series 12: Murder on the Orient Express

Washington Week with The Atlantic History with David Rubenstein, Season 5

The Vietnam War (Pt 1 of 10. Déjà Vu)

Call the Midwife, Series 14 (Pt 1 of 8)

Antiques Roadshow: Denver Botanic Gardens Chat eld Farms, Hour 2

Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy

Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen (Pt 3 of 3. Un nished Portrait)

Ukrainian Freedom Orch. Beethoven's 9th (to 12m)

American Masters: Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir (to 11:30pm)

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on Masterpiece (Pt 2 of 6. Obedience)

Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter

Marie Antoinette, Series 2 (Pt 2 of 8. A Poison Pen)

Going Your Way

TV Listings

WETA PBS in March

Listings are accurate as of press time. For latest schedules, visit weta.org/schedule or call 703-998-2724.

WETA PBS is devoted to children’s educational programming 8 a.m.–3 p.m., Monday-Friday. For 24 hours of children’s programming each day, tune in to the WETA PBS Kids channel. See page 15 for information.

Program Key

Blue type — WETA productions, co-productions and presentations. R — Repeat of recent programming.

YOU LIVED HERE A WETA PRODUCTION

Mondays at 9 p.m. on WETA PBS; 8 p.m. on WETA Metro

The WETA house-hunting series If You Lived Here presents new episodes: Frederick; Dupont Circle; Ellicott City (above: hosts Jen and Ricardo with realtor Greg Kinnear) and South Arlington

1 Saturday

6AM WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC R

6:30 FIRING LINE WITH MARGARET HOOVER

7AM PBS NEWS HOUR — R

8AM MEMORY MAKEOVER WITH DANIEL AMEN, MD — See tonight’s 10:30 p.m. listing.

10AM IT’S ACADEMIC — (See 7 p.m.)

10:30 PRUE LEITH’S COTSWOLD KITCHEN — Join the restaurateur, author and Great British Baking Show judge as she welcomes guests into her Cotswold kitchen, sharing cherished recipes, tips and handy culinary hacks. Episodes 1 & 2: Sandi Toksvig + Alison Hammond. Repeats tonight, 12:30am; Sun 3/9, 9am

1:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES: ANDREA BOCELLI 30TH –THE CELEBRATION — See the March 5, 8 p.m. listing.

3:00 GET GOOD WITH MONEY WITH TIFFANY ALICHE — Build wealth through financial wholeness with the personal budget expert’s plan for finding peace, safety and harmony with money, no matter what size the goal. The program provides a guide to cultivating good financial habits and making money work for you. Repeats Sun 3/2, 6am; Wed 3/12, 10pm

4:30 AMERICA MADE WITH LOVE — Travel coast to coast to meet extraordinary artisans — including a cowboy bootmaker; a jewelry artist inspired by Indigenous ancestry; and stone carvers working on Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral — whose passion, vision and creativity embody the essence of American ingenuity. Repeats Sun 3/2, 1:30pm; Mon 3/10, 9:30pm

6:00 PBS NEWS WEEKEND — John Yang anchors.

6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC R

7:00 IT’S ACADEMIC — The long-running high school TV quiz show, now taped in WETA’s television studio, showcases the academic achievements of D.C.-area students. Journalist Hillary Howard hosts. Competing this week are South County, Alexandria City and Osbourn high schools. Airs 10 a.m. Saturday, repeating 7 p.m. Stream on the PBS App and at YouTube.com/wetapbs.

7:30 GREAT MIGRATIONS: A PEOPLE ON THE MOVE — A series hosted by scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. spotlights how a series of Black migrations have shaped the United

States. Part 1. Exodus. Explore the ﬁrst wave of the Great Migration (1910–1940), which saw more than a million Black Americans ﬂee the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North, forever changing the country and themselves.

9:00 EARTH, WIND & FIRE: IHEART RADIO LIVE — Join the Grammy Award-winning band for an unforgettable night of music and celebration. Performances in this special concert presentation include hit songs “Shining Star,” “September,” “Boogie Wonderland,” “Let’s Groove,” “Serpentine Fire” and more.

10:30 MEMORY MAKEOVER WITH DANIEL AMEN, MD — Psychiatrist, neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Daniel Amen explains how to supercharge memory and remember what matters most to you. Repeats Tue 3/4, 11pm; Fri 3/7, 3pm, 10:30pm; Sun 3/9, 7am; Fri 3/14, 8:30pm

12:30AM PRUE LEITH’S COTSWOLD KITCHEN — Episodes 1 & 2: Sandi Toksvig + Alison Hammond. R

2 Sunday

6AM GET GOOD WITH MONEY WITH TIFFANY ALICHE R 7:30 THOMAS JEFFERSON — Ken Burns’s 1997 film presents a two-part portrait of America’s third president. Ossie Davis narrates. Jefferson embodies the most profound contradictions of American history: he authored the Declaration of Independence, yet he owned more than 150 enslaved people and never freed them. Part 1. Life/ Liberty: Our Sacred Honor + Part 2. Liberty: The Age of Experiments/The Pursuit of Happiness. Part 1 repeats Tue 3/4, 3pm; Part 2 repeats Wed 3/5, 3pm 11:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC R 12N CLASSICAL REWIND — Experience the beauty and power of musical masterpieces in this joyride through the world of classical hits. Martin Goldsmith hosts, with reflections from Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Stewart Copeland of the band The Police, and others. Repeats Wed 3/5, 11:30pm; Wed 3/12, 11:30pm

WASHINGTON CHERRY BLOSSOMS: A GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP A WETA PRODUCTION

Monday, March 3 at 8 p.m. on WETA PBS

The Washington Cherry Blossoms: A Gift of Friendship, a WETA production, presents the story of the Tidal Basin trees, a gift of friendship from Japan in 1912, and spotlights the spring bloom.

JANET RICKSEN

1:30 AMERICA MADE WITH LOVE R

3:00 60S & 70S SOUL CELEBRATION: MY MUSIC — See the Monday, March 3, 10 p.m. listing. Repeats tonight, 11:30pm

6:00 PBS NEWS WEEKEND — John Yang anchors. Repeats Monday, 7am

6:30 HISTORY WITH DAVID RUBENSTEIN, SEASON 6 — Episode 9 of 10. Kai Bird. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, City University of New York, and author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. R

7:00 50 YEARS WITH PETER, PAUL AND MARY — Celebrate the folk music trio that combined artistry with activism and provided America’s soundtrack for generations. The program features the trio’s popular songs, such as “If I Had a Hammer” and “Five Hundred Miles.” Repeats Mon 3/3, 3pm; Fri 3/7, 8:30pm; Sat 3/8, 8am, 11:30pm

9:00 ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL: THE WISDOM OF THE DALES — Via the popular drama, reﬂect on the simple wisdom that can be gleaned from the people of the Yorkshire Dales as they support each other as a community. Members of the cast and creative team of Masterpiece’s All Creatures Great and Small share what life lessons they have learned from the gentle, life-aﬃrming series. Repeats Sun 3/9, 2pm

10:30 MARIE ANTOINETTE: BEYOND THE PORTRAIT — The ﬁrst season of the dramatic series Marie Antoinette portrayed the tempestuous relationship between the headstrong Austrian Marie (Emilia Schule) and the shy Dauphin of France, Louis (Louis Cunningham). This special presents highlights from Season 1, features cast interviews, and visits historic locations in France. Season 2 starts March 23.

11:30 60S & 70S SOUL CELEBRATION: MY MUSIC R

2:30AM AMERICA MADE WITH LOVE R

3 Monday

WEEKDAYS IN MARCH:

6AM NHK NEWSLINE

6:30AM BBC NEWS

7AM (Mondays:) PBS NEWS WEEKEND

7AM (Tuesdays-Saturdays:) PBS NEWS HOUR R

7:30 (Mon:) WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC R

8AM-3PM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING

5PM AMANPOUR AND COMPANY Repeat of previous night

6PM BBC NEWS: THE CONTEXT

6:30 BBC NEWS AMERICA

7:00 PBS NEWS HOUR — Each weeknight, the WETA production presents in-depth news reports and analysis of current events with a news summary, live studio interviews and discussions of domestic and international issues. Amna Nawaz and Geoﬀ Bennett anchor. Visit pbs.org/newshour. Repeats next day, 7am

8:00 THE WASHINGTON CHERRY BLOSSOMS: A GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP — D.C.’s beautiful cherry blossoms grace the Tidal Basin each year and are a focal point for the nation as the country welcomes spring. This WETA production spotlights the blossoming cherry trees, a gift of friendship from Japan in 1912, and explores their history and the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival. Repeats Thur 3/6, midnight; Sun 3/9, 6am; Tue 3/11, midnight

9:00 IF YOU LIVED HERE, SEASON 4: FREDERICK, MD — In WETA’s local house-hunting series, hosts Jen Osborn and Ricardo Frederick Evans join realtor Jon Prettyman for tours of homes in Frederick, Maryland, that include a 1901 farmhouse. Along the way, they explore the town’s history and the deep German inﬂuences on the community.

9:30 WETA ARTS — In March, WETA Arts spotlights 7DrumCity, an organization dedicated to supporting and inspiring D.C. musicians, from hobbyists to rock stars. The program follows Death Club 7, a newly formed grunge-soul-EDM fusion band, from its founding to its sold-out show. Repeats Sun 3/9, 6:30pm; Mon 3/17, 9:30pm; Tue 3/18, 3:30pm; Mon 3/24, 3:30pm

10:00 60S & 70S SOUL CELEBRATION: MY MUSIC — A gathering of legends features all-original artists singing their greatest hits. Among those performing are the Commodores, Gloria Gaynor, the Chi-Lites, the Spinners, Thelma Houston, the Stylistics, Tavares, Yvonne Elliman, Heatwave, Billy Paul, Anita Ward, the Emotions, Peaches & Herb and many others. Repeats Sun 3/16, 7pm

1AM AMANPOUR AND COMPANY Rpts next weekday, 5pm

8 p.m. March 6 (Thursday); 9 p.m. March 9 (Sunday) on WETA PBS WETA reprises the ﬁrst four Series 1 episodes of Foyle’s War, the classic detective series set in Britain during World War II and starring Michael Kitchen (Foyle) and Honeysuckle Weeks (Sam).

4 Tuesday

8:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. — Join the Harvard scholar as he explores the genealogy of famous Americans. Season 9 encore: Rising from the Ashes. Gates traces the roots of actors Brian Cox and Viola Davis, uncovering records from Scotland and South Carolina that reveal individuals who battled to build a better life for their families.

9:00 PBS NEWS SPECIAL: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ADDRESS TO CONGRESS — PBS News presents live special coverage of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address, followed by the Democratic response.

11:00 MEMORY MAKEOVER WITH DANIEL AMEN, MD R

5 Wednesday

8:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES: ANDREA BOCELLI 30TH – THE CELEBRATION — Since emerging into fame in 1994, Andrea Bocelli has gone on to become one of the most successful classical crossover artists in popular music. Experience the world-renowned Italian tenor’s 30th anniversary concert from Tuscany, featuring Ed Sheeran, David Foster, Katharine McPhee, Soﬁa Carson, Brian May, Jon Batiste, Shania Twain and others. Repeats Thur 3/6, 3pm; Sun 3/9, noon

10:00 NATURE: MUSEUM ALIVE WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH — Natural historian Sir David Attenborough explores London’s Natural History Museum and via CGI meets extraordinary creatures from the past.

11:30 CLASSICAL REWIND — R

6 Thursday

8:00 FOYLE’S WAR: SERIES 1: THE GERMAN WOMAN — While World War II rages across the Channel, police detective Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) battles crime in his quiet English coastal town, probing cases of murder, espionage and treason. The German Woman. In the drama’s ﬁrst episode, when an Austrian woman is found murdered with a swastika painted on a nearby tree, Foyle realizes the seemingly peaceful Sussex town harbors any number of suspects. Repeats Mon 3/10, 3pm

10:00 FOYLE’S WAR: SERIES 1: THE WHITE FEATHER — Michael Kitchen stars. The White Feather. The arrest of a young girl on a sabotage charge brings Foyle into contact with a group of English Nazi sympathizers. Repeats Tue 3/11, 3pm

12M THE WASHINGTON CHERRY BLOSSOMS: A GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP — R

7 Friday

8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC — In WETA’s weekly production, The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeﬀrey Goldberg moderates a roundtable discussion

Monday, March 10 at 9:30 p.m. on WETA PBS

The Made with Love series explores American craftsmanship, spotlighting the work of U.S. artisans including stone carvers Joe Alonso & Brianna Castelli (Washington National Cathedral).

with award-winning journalists who provide reporting and analysis of the major news stories from the nation’s capital. Visit pbs.org/washingtonweek. Repeats Sat 3/8, 6am, 6:30pm; Sun 3/9, 11:30am; Mon 3/10, 7:30am

8:30 50 YEARS WITH PETER, PAUL AND MARY — See the Sunday, March 2, 7 p.m. listing. R

10:30 MEMORY MAKEOVER WITH DANIEL AMEN, MD — R

12M 5 MINUTE YOGA WITH PEGGY CAPPY — See the Monday, March 10, 8 p.m. listing.

8 Saturday

6AM-8AM See the Saturday, March 1 listings.

8AM 50 YEARS WITH PETER, PAUL AND MARY R

10AM IT’S ACADEMIC — (See 7 p.m.)

10:30 RICK STEVES’ ART OF EUROPE MARATHON — Travel expert Rick Steves presents an ambitious sweep through the entire span of European art history in six episodes. Beginning in prehistoric Europe, Egypt, and ancient Greece, Steves weaves a compelling narrative through ancient Rome, medieval Europe, the Renaissance, the Baroque period and the Age of Revolution, and the modern age.

5:30 THE WASHINGTON CHERRY BLOSSOMS: BEAUTY ON THE BASIN — A WETA production celebrates the beauty of one of Washington, D.C.’s perennial great attractions — the cherry blossoms surrounding the Tidal Basin near the Jeﬀerson Memorial.

6:00 PBS NEWS WEEKEND — John Yang anchors.

6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC R

7:00 IT’S ACADEMIC — Competing on the local student quiz show this week are Washington-Liberty, Walter Johnson and Centreville high schools. Airs 10 a.m. Saturday, repeating 7 p.m. Stream on the PBS App and at YouTube.com/wetapbs.

7:30 GREAT MIGRATIONS: A PEOPLE ON THE MOVE — A series hosted by scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. spotlights how a series of Black migrations have shaped the United States. Part 2. Streets Paved with Gold. Learn about the second wave of the Great Migration, when Northern and Western Black communities matured through migration and transformed the cultural and political power of Black America. Repeats 1:30am

9:00 MY MUSIC PRESENTS: BEST OF THE ’60S — A new compilation of live performances features stars from the Pop, Folk, Rock, British Beat, Motown, and Soul genres — from Steppenwolf to The Temptations to Roger McGuinn and many others — delivering their classic hits of the 1960s. Repeats Sun 3/9, 3:30pm; Tue 3/11, 8pm; Fri 3/14, 10:30pm

11:30 50 YEARS WITH PETER, PAUL AND MARY R

9 Sunday

6AM THE WASHINGTON CHERRY BLOSSOMS: A GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP R

7AM MEMORY MAKEOVER WITH DANIEL AMEN, MD R

9AM PRUE LEITH’S COTSWOLD KITCHEN — Episodes 1 & 2: Sandi Toksvig + Alison Hammond. R

11:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC R 12N GREAT PERFORMANCES: ANDREA BOCELLI 30TH – THE CELEBRATION R

2:00 ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL: THE WISDOM OF THE DALES R

3:30 MY MUSIC PRESENTS: BEST OF THE ’60S R

6:00 PBS NEWS WEEKEND — John Yang anchors. Repeats Monday, 7am

6:30 WETA ARTS — R

7:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES: HENRY MANCINI 100 AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL — Celebrate the centennial birthday of composer Henry Mancini with Michael Bublé, Cynthia Erivo, saxophonist Dave Koz, Monica Mancini and host Jeﬀ Goldblum, featuring Mancini’s signature songs and clips from his beloved movies and TV shows. Repeats 1am; Wed 3/12, 8pm; Fri 3/14, 3pm

9:00 FOYLE’S WAR, SERIES 1: A LESSON IN MURDER — Michael Kitchen stars as World War II-era police detective Christopher Foyle, who ﬁghts crime on the home front in England. A Lesson in Murder. A conscientious objector dies in police custody, setting in motion a series of suspicious deaths and a complicated puzzle for Foyle. Repeats Mon 3/10, 11pm; Wed 3/12, 3pm

11:00 FOYLE’S WAR, SERIES 1: EAGLE DAY — Michael Kitchen stars. Eagle Day. In the course of investigating a murder, Foyle uncovers a plot to steal art treasures being moved from the local museum to Wales for safekeeping. Repeats Thur 3/13, 3pm, 11pm

1AM GREAT PERFORMANCES: HENRY MANCINI 100 AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL R

10 Monday

7:00 PBS NEWS HOUR — Weeknights. Visit pbs.org/newshour. Repeats next day, 7am

8:00 5 MINUTE YOGA FIX WITH PEGGY CAPPY — Learn how to combat the eﬀects of aging with stretching, breath work and strength-building to maintain the four pillars that support the structure of our bodies: strength, ﬂexibility, balance and mobility.

9:00 IF YOU LIVED HERE, SEASON 4: DUPONT CIRCLE, DC — In WETA’s local house-hunting series, hosts Jen and Ricardo join realtor Bo Billups in D.C.’s Dupont Circle area to visit properties that include a condo at The Cairo and an 1870 row home. They also explore the neighborhood’s history and stop in at the nearby Woodrow Wilson House.

9:30 AMERICA MADE WITH LOVE — Travel coast to coast to meet extraordinary artisans — including a cowboy bootmaker; a jewelry artist inspired by Indigenous ancestry; and stone carvers working on Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral — whose passion, vision and creativity embody the essence of American ingenuity. R

11:00 FOYLE’S WAR, SERIES 1: A LESSON IN MURDER — (2 hrs.) R

11 Tuesday

8:00 MY MUSIC PRESENTS: BEST OF THE ’60S — See the Saturday, March 8, 9 p.m. listing.

10:30 THE STATUE OF LIBERTY — For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has symbolized hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In Ken Burns’s Academy Award-nominated portrait of the statue, explore the history of America’s premier symbol and the meaning of liberty itself.

12M THE WASHINGTON CHERRY BLOSSOMS: A GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP — R

12 Wednesday

8:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES: HENRY MANCINI 100 AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL — See the Sunday, March 9, 7 p.m. listing. R

10:00 GET GOOD WITH MONEY WITH TIFFANY ALICHE — Build wealth through financial wholeness with the personal budget expert’s plan for finding peace, safety and harmony with money, no matter what size the goal. The program provides a guide to cultivating good financial habits and making money work for you. R

11:30 CLASSICAL REWIND — R

13 Thursday

8:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT, SERIES 12: THREE-ACT TRAGEDY — David Suchet portrays Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot in mysteries based on Agatha Christie’s

Wednesday, March 12 at 10 p.m. on WETA PBS Get Good with Money with Tiffany Aliche features the “Budgetnista” personal finance expert advising how to cultivate good financial habits, put money to work, and build wealth with a financial plan.

novels. Three-Act Tragedy. Poirot attends a party at which a local reverend chokes to death. Murder seems impossible, but when a second guest dies, Poirot investigates. Art Malik and Kate Ashﬁeld co-star.

10:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE: LUCY WORSLEY ON THE MYSTERY QUEEN — In a three-part series, historian Lucy Worsley investigates author Agatha Christie and the experiences that shaped her ﬁction. Part 1 of 3. Cat Among the Pigeons. Worsley explores Christie’s unconventional early life to discover the origins of her talent for murder.

11:00 FOYLE’S WAR, SERIES 1: EAGLE DAY — (2 hrs.) R

14 Friday

8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC — Visit pbs.org/washingtonweek Repeats Sat 3/15, 6am, 6:30pm; Sun 3/16, 11:30am; Mon 3/17, 7:30am

8:30 MEMORY MAKEOVER WITH DANIEL AMEN, MD — Psychiatrist, neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Daniel Amen explains how to supercharge memory and remember what matters most to you. R

10:30 MY MUSIC PRESENTS: BEST OF THE ’60S — See the Saturday, March 8, 9 p.m. listing. R

15 Saturday

6AM-8AM See the Saturday, March 1 listings. 8AM-10AM WETA VIEWER FAVORITES

10AM IT’S ACADEMIC — (See 7 p.m.)

10:30AM-6PM WETA VIEWER FAVORITES

6:00 PBS NEWS WEEKEND — John Yang anchors.

6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC R

7:00 IT’S ACADEMIC — Competing on the local student quiz show this week are Bowie, Wakeﬁeld and Washington International high schools. Airs 10 a.m. Saturday, repeating 7 p.m. and Monday, 3 p.m. Stream on the PBS App and at YouTube.com/wetapbs

7:30PM-6AM WETA VIEWER FAVORITES

16 Sunday

6AM-11:30AM WETA VIEWER FAVORITES

11:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC — R

12N-6PM WETA VIEWER FAVORITES

6:00 PBS NEWS WEEKEND — John Yang anchors. Repeats Monday, 7am

6:30 HISTORY WITH DAVID RUBENSTEIN, SEASON 6 — In this WETA presentation, David Rubenstein talks with more of America’s top scholars and writers, illuminating how history is made. Episode 10 of 10. Alex Prud’homme, journalist and author of Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House. Repeats Fri 3/21, 8:30pm; Sat 3/22, 7:30pm; Sun 3/23, 6:30pm

7:00 60S & 70S SOUL CELEBRATION: MY MUSIC R 10PM-6AM WETA VIEWER FAVORITES

17 Monday

7:00 PBS NEWS HOUR — Weeknights. Visit pbs.org/newshour Repeats next day, 7am

8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: LIVING HISTORY FARMS, HOUR 3 — Luminous treasures are unveiled at Iowa’s Living History Farms, including a 1943 Le Petit Prince signed ﬁrst edition; an Arnold Schwarzenegger shirt and autograph, ca. 1990; and a 1907 E. Wiliams Gollings oil painting. One is $50,000 to $70,000. Repeats Tue 3/18, 4pm; Fri 3/21, 3pm; Sun 3/23, 11pm

9:00 IF YOU LIVED HERE, SEASON 4: ELLICOTT CITY, MD — In WETA’s local house-hunting series, hosts Jen and Ricardo tour Ellicott City properties with realtor Greg Kinnear, learn about the community’s history and visit the B&O Ellicott City Station Museum, The Trolley Stop Restaurant, and more. Repeats Tue 3/18, 3pm

9:30 WETA ARTS — See the Monday, March 3, 9:30 p.m. listing.

10:00 THE CALLING: A MEDICAL SCHOOL JOURNEY — Experience the powerful journey of medical students at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, where a historic $1 billion donation has made tuition free. This intimate ﬁlm captures the students’ stories and the changing landscape of medicine. (90 min.)

18 Tuesday

8:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. — In this series, join the Harvard scholar as he explores the genealogy of famous Americans. Season 10 encore: Born to Sing. Gates explores the roots of singers Alanis Morissette and Ciara, using DNA analysis and genealogical detective work to reveal the guests’ hidden connections to history — and to music. Repeats Sat 3/22, 11pm; Sun 3/23, noon

9:00 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: FLY WITH ME — Meet the pioneering women who changed the world while ﬂying it. Maligned as feminist-sellouts, “stewardesses” knew diﬀerent: they were on the frontlines of a battle for gender equality and to transform the workplace. Repeats Wed 3/19, 3pm; Sat 3/22, midnight; Sun 3/23, 1pm

19 Wednesday

8:00 NATURE: THE ELEPHANT AND THE TERMITE — Witness the dramas of Africa’s great wildlife meeting place: the waterhole. From mighty elephants to tiny termites, an entire community of creatures call the waterhole their home. Repeats Thur 3/20, 3pm

9:00 NOVA: BUILDING THE EIFFEL TOWER — Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark. Completed in 1889, the iron tower smashed the record for the tallest structure on Earth, ushering in a new age of global construction that reached for the skies. Repeats Thur 3/20, 4pm

10:00 WEATHERED: INSIDE THE LA FIRESTORM — The destruction from the 2025 Los Angeles ﬁres was not inevitable, so why were they so devastating?

March 19 at 8

Wednesday,

p.m. on WETA PBS & WETA Metro Nature: The Elephant and the Termite spotlights waterhole denizens, following the dramas of Africa’s wildlife meeting places — home to an entire community of creatures, from immense to tiny.

Sunday, March 23 at 8 p.m. on WETA PBS & WETA Metro Lucy Worsley Investigates, Series 2, in the episode Bloody Mary, features the British historian reconsidering the life and legacy of England’s ﬁrst ruling female monarch, Mary Tudor.

Weathered’s host Maiya May speaks to fire chiefs, survivors, community responders, and climate scientists to understand the events that led to one of the costliest fires in U.S. history. As fire weather becomes more common, May also learns what can be done to save lives and homes in the future. Repeats Fri 3/21, 4pm

20 Thursday

8:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT, SERIES 12: HALLOWEEN PARTY — Ariadne Oliver (Zoë Wanamaker, Harry Potter) attends a Halloween Party in Woodleigh Common where a girl boasts of having witnessed a murder years before. When the girl is found drowned later that evening, Poirot (David Suchet) arrives to investigate. He uncovers a series of mysterious deaths in the village that the girl could have witnessed.

10:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE: LUCY WORSLEY ON THE MYSTERY QUEEN — Lucy Worsley investigates author Agatha Christie and what shaped her ﬁction. Part 2 of 3. Destination Unknown. Christie’s disappearance in 1926 gripped England. Worsley unravels the mystery and reveals the inﬂuence this episode had on the author’s writing.

21 Friday

8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC — Visit pbs.org/washingtonweek. Repeats Sat 3/22, 6am, 6:30pm; Sun 3/23, 11:30am; Mon 3/24, 7:30am 8:30 HISTORY WITH DAVID RUBENSTEIN, SEASON 6 Episode 10 of 10. Alex Prud’homme, journalist and author of Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House. Repeats Sat 3/22, 7:30pm; Sun 3/23, 6:30pm 9:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: GROUNDED —

Two-time Tony Award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s new opera, commissioned by the Met and based on librettist George Brant’s play, has its company premiere. Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo headlines in the role of Jess, a ﬁghter pilot whose unplanned pregnancy takes her out of the cockpit and lands her in Las Vegas, operating a Reaper drone halfway around the world. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts. (2.5 hrs.)

22 Saturday

6AM-8AM See the Saturday, March 1 listings.

8AM BLOOMBERG WALL STREET WEEK — New to WETA PBS! Bloomberg’s David Westin sits down with the top names in ﬁnance and economics to talk about the week’s biggest stories and issues on Wall Street.

9AM THIS OLD HOUSE + ASK THIS OLD HOUSE

10AM IT’S ACADEMIC — (See 7 p.m.)

10:30 MOTORWEEK

11AM AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK’S ILLUSTRATED

11:30 KEVIN BELTON’S NEW ORLEANS CELEBRATIONS

12N THE DOOKY CHASE KITCHEN

12:30 CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL’S MILK STREET TELEVISION

1:00 LIFE OF LOI: MEDITERRANEAN SECRETS

1:30 LIDIA’S KITCHEN

2:00 PEOPLE OF THE NORTH

2:30 SARA’S WEEKNIGHT MEALS

3:00 DREAM OF EUROPE

3:30 TRAVELS WITH DARLEY

4:00 COOK’S COUNTRY FROM AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN

4:30 AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK’S ILLUSTRATED

5:00 THIS OLD HOUSE

5:30 SAMANTHA BROWN’S PLACES TO LOVE — New Season 8 episodes.

6:00 PBS NEWS WEEKEND — John Yang anchors.

6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC — R

7:00 IT’S ACADEMIC — Competing on the local student quiz show this week are McLean, McDonough and Fauquier high schools. Airs 10 a.m. Saturday, repeating 7 p.m. and Monday, 3 p.m. Stream on the PBS App and at YouTube.com/wetapbs.

7:30 HISTORY WITH DAVID RUBENSTEIN, SEASON 6 — Episode 10 of 10. Alex Prud’homme, journalist and author of Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House. R

8:00 SHAKING IT UP: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LIZ CARPENTER — Journalist, White House oﬃcial, author, humorist, political activist, and feminist leader Liz Carpenter was often front and center where history was unfolding, leaving her own indelible mark on events and people. Repeats Sun 3/23, 4pm; Mon 3/31, 9pm

9:00 HER NAME WAS GRACE KELLY — Considered one of the most talented and beautiful actresses of her time, Grace Kelly remains an icon today. This program explores her life story. Repeats Sun 3/23, 3pm; Mon 3/24, 4pm

10:00 JACKIE: A TALE OF TWO SISTERS — Jackie Kennedy Onassis remains an iconic ﬁgure; her sister Lee Radziwell, however, is less well-known. Yet it is impossible to understand one without the other. Their lives were intertwined — through rivalry and resentment, love and loss. Rachael Stirling narrates.

11:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. — Season 10 encore: Born to Sing. Guests: Alanis Morissette and Ciara. R

12M AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: FLY WITH ME — (2 hrs.) R

23 Sunday

6AM-9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING — See page 15.

9AM WHITE HOUSE CHRONICLE

9:30 THIS IS AMERICA AND THE WORLD WITH DENNIS WHOLEY

10:00 DW EUROMAXX – LIFESTYLE EUROPE

10:30 MOTORWEEK

11:00 FIRING LINE WITH MARGARET HOOVER

11:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC — R

12N FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. — Season 10 encore: Born to Sing. Guests: Alanis Morissette and Ciara. R

1:00 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: FLY WITH ME — R

3:00 HER NAME WAS GRACE KELLY — R 4:00 SHAKING IT UP: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LIZ CARPENTER — R

5:00 NINE PARTS — A drama set in Michigan at the height of the pandemic brings to life the stories of Iraqi women. An Iraqi American woman torn by loss — and by a divided nation — attempts to grieve at the site of the oldest Iraqi Church in North America. What starts in isolation becomes communal, featuring stories of love and resilience.

Saturdays at 8 a.m. starting March 22 on WETA PBS Bloomberg series Wall Street Week, hosted by David Westin, explores top stories and issues of the week across business, economics, markets, geopolitics, climate, technology and more.

6:00 PBS NEWS WEEKEND — John Yang anchors. Repeats Monday, 7am

6:30 HISTORY WITH DAVID RUBENSTEIN, SEASON 6 — Episode 10 of 10. Alex Prud’homme, journalist and author of Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House. R

7:00 POMPEII: THE NEW DIG — Follow the most extensive archaeological excavation in Pompeii for a generation. Part 1 of 3. The Bodies. With exclusive access to the dig, the series follows the excavation of an entire city block, unearthing what life was like in Pompeii and what happened when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. Repeats midnight

8:00 LUCY WORSLEY INVESTIGATES, SERIES 2 — Episode 4 of 4. Bloody Mary. Does “Bloody Mary,” England’s ﬁrst ruling female monarch, truly deserve her infamous reputation? Investigate whether Mary I was as ruthless as history suggests or if her notoriety stemmed from being a strong woman in a predominantly male world. Repeats 1am

9:00 WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT ON MASTERPIECE — The Wolf Hall sequel series traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell’s life and journey to become the most influential figure of his time under King Henry VIII. Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis star. Part 1 of 6. Wreckage. It is May 1536 and Anne Boleyn is dead. Thomas Cromwell takes up his position as principal counselor to his master Henry VIII, who settles into short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour. Now Cromwell must navigate the dangerous court of an unpredictable king. Repeats 2am

10:00 MARIE ANTOINETTE, SERIES 2 — In a new season of the historical drama, Marie Antoinette and Louis face an unprecedented ﬁnancial crisis. Disastrous consequences loom as the revolt rumbles on. Part 1 of 8. The Worst Winter. Marie Antoinette and Louis embrace modern, compassionate rule, but enemies lurk everywhere, even in Versailles.

11:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: LIVING HISTORY FARMS, HOUR 3 — R

12M POMPEII: THE NEW DIG — Part 1 of 3. The Bodies. R

24 Monday

7:00 PBS NEWS HOUR — Weeknights. Visit pbs.org/newshour Repeats next day, 7am

8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS CHATFIELD FARMS, HOUR 1 — Discover delightful Colorado treasures in Denver, including a 1954 Marilyn Monroe military defense ID photo; a Panama hat, ca. 1970; and an Andy Warhol Golden Shoe collage. Which is valued at $125,000 to $150,000? Repeats Sun 3/30, 11pm

9:00 IF YOU LIVED HERE, SEASON 4: SOUTH ARLINGTON, VA

In WETA’s local house-hunting series, hosts Jen and Ricardo tour South Arlington with realtor Kay Houghton, visiting the Carlton Condos, Fairlington, and a Claremont home near Barcroft Park, and learning about the history of the community. Repeats Tue 3/25, 3pm 9:30 CHASING THE CHESAPEAKE — Eleven racing yachts, helmed entirely by amateur sailors, compete in an adventure-packed 40,000-mile global circumnavigation. This ﬁlm follows Team Washington, DC as it navigates the globe before racing to its home port. Helmed by the youngest and only all-female team in the race, Team DC sets its sights on winning the competition. Repeats Fri 3/28, 4pm

10:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: HOME COURT — A film presents the coming-of-age story of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy in Southern California whose life intensifies as recruitment heats up. As she overcomes injury as well as racial/class differences, Ashley strives to become her own person and leave a legacy. (90 min.) Repeats Tue 3/25, 3:30pm; Mon 3/31, 3:30pm

25 Tuesday

8:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.— In this series, join the Harvard scholar as he explores the genealogy of famous Americans. Season 10 encore: The Brick Wall Falls. Gates helps musical artist Dionne Warwick and actor Danielle Brooks break down barriers to learn the names of their ancestors who endured unimaginable ordeals but emerged to forge thriving families. Repeats Wed 3/26, 3pm; Sun 3/30, noon

Tuesday, March 25 at 9 p.m. on WETA PBS & WETA Metro American Experience: Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act chronicles the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in passage of the ADA in 1990.

9:00 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: CHANGE, NOT CHARITY: THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT — The history series chronicles the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. A story of courage and perseverance, the ﬁlm highlights the determined people who put their bodies on the line to achieve their goal and change the lives of all Americans. Repeats Wed 3/26, 4pm; Sun 3/30, 1pm, 5pm, midnight

10:00 FRONTLINE: THE RISE AND FALL OF TERRORGRAM — Frontline explores how an online network known as Terrorgram spread extremism and violence; the report traces the rise of a global community of white supremacists and the platforms they use. (90 min.) Repeats Sun 3/30, 3:30pm

26 Wednesday

8:00 NATURE: GRIZZLY 399: QUEEN OF THE TETONS — The most famous bear in the Tetons attempts to raise four cubs. As she makes increasingly unexpected and consequential choices to protect her family, Grizzly 399 stands as a symbol of the clash between humans and the wild. Repeats Thur 3/27, 3pm

9:00 NOVA: THE HUNT FOR THE OLDEST DNA — For decades, scientists have tried to unlock the secrets of ancient DNA. Follow the dramatic quest to recover DNA millions of years old and reveal a lost world pre-dating the last Ice Age. Repeats Thur 3/27, 4pm

10:00 THE FUTURE OF NATURE — Carbon is the problem on our planet, but nature may be the solution. Learn about inspiring people aiming to help nature draw down carbon and perhaps save us from the eﬀects of climate change. Episode 1 of 4. Oceans. Repeats Fri 3/28, 3pm

27 Thursday

8:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT, SERIES 12: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS — Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) solves the greatest case of his career aboard the train, The Orient Express. Suchet is joined by a ﬁrst-class rail car full of top actors, including Dame Eileen Atkins, Barbara Hershey and Hugh Bonneville.

10:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE: LUCY WORSLEY ON THE MYSTERY QUEEN — Part 3 of 3. Unﬁnished Portrait. Lucy Worsley examines Agatha Christie’s later life and discovers how the author became the Queen of Crime — and how despite being famous and successful, Christie was an enigma hiding in plain sight.

28 Friday

8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC — Visit pbs.org/washingtonweek. Repeats Sat 3/29, 6am, 6:30pm; Sun 3/30, 11:30am; Mon 3/31, 7:30am

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8:30 HISTORY WITH DAVID RUBENSTEIN, SEASON 5 —

Beverly Gage, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century 9:00 JACQUELINE DU PRÉ: GENIUS AND TRAGEDY —

Prefaced by Grammy-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma, this program celebrates the life of Jacqueline du Pré, one of the greatest cellists in history. The ﬁlm explores her life and legacy nearly 40 years after her passing in 1987. Repeats Sat 3/29, 11:30pm; Sun 3/30, 6:30pm 10:30 THE UKRAINIAN FREEDOM ORCHESTRA PLAYS

BEETHOVEN’S 9TH SYMPHONY — Marking the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra performs Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw. The performance features Schiller’s freedom poem “Ode to Joy” sung in Ukrainian. (90 min.)

29 Saturday

6AM-8AM See the Saturday, March 1 listings.

8AM BLOOMBERG WALL STREET WEEK

9AM-6PM See the Saturday, March 22 listings.

6:00 PBS NEWS WEEKEND — John Yang anchors.

6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC — R

7:00 IT’S ACADEMIC — Competing on the local student quiz show this week are Montgomery Blair, Holton-Arms and Sherwood high schools. Airs 10 a.m. Saturday, repeating 7 p.m. and Monday, 3 p.m. Stream on the PBS App and at YouTube.com/wetapbs

7:30 LIVE FROM THE LBJ LIBRARY WITH MARK UPDEGROVE

— An interview series hosted by author, historian and journalist Mark Updegrove features thought leaders speaking about contemporary issues. Episode 1. Heather Cox Richardson. The Boston College professor, author of Democracy Awakening, and writer of the daily newsletter “Letters from an American,” outlines the threats to American democracy throughout history and provides insight on how the nation can overcome its current challenges.

8:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War. The 10-part 2017 series, a co-production of WETA and

Friday, March 28 at 9 p.m. on WETA PBS & WETA Metro Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy shares the story of the famed cellist, considered one of the 20th century’s greatest. The ﬁlm features concert performances, candid moments and more.

Florentine Films, features testimony from American and Vietnamese witnesses, bringing the war and its chaotic epoch to life. Part 1 of 10. Déjà Vu (1858-1961)

After a long, brutal war, Vietnamese revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh end French colonial rule. With the Cold War intensifying, Vietnam is divided: northern Communists aim to reunify the country, while America supports Ngo Dinh Diem’s regime in the south. Repeats 1am; Sun 3/30, 2pm

9:30 AMERICAN MASTERS: AMY TAN: UNINTENDED MEMOIR — Explore the life of the groundbreaking author of “The Joy Luck Club” in this intimate portrait. Archival imagery, home movies, photographs, animation and original interviews create a vivid, colorful journey through Tan’s inspiring life and career.

11:30 JACQUELINE DU PRÉ: GENIUS AND TRAGEDY R

1AM THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 1 of 10. Déjà Vu (1858-1961) R

30 Sunday

6AM-11:30AM See the Sunday, March 23 listings.

11:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC — R

12N FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., — Season 10 encore: The Brick Wall Falls. R

1:00 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: CHANGE, NOT CHARITY: THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT — R

2:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 1 of 10. Déjà Vu (1858-1961) R

3:30 FRONTLINE: THE RISE AND FALL OF TERRORGRAM — R

5:00 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: CHANGE, NOT CHARITY: THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT — R

6:00 PBS NEWS WEEKEND — John Yang anchors. Repeats Monday, 7am

6:30 JACQUELINE DU PRÉ: GENIUS AND TRAGEDY — R

8:00 CALL THE MIDWIFE, SERIES 14 — A new season of the midwifery drama opens in 1970, marking a new decade in Poplar. Part 1 of 8. Local protests cause chaos for the Nonnatus House team, while an apparent immaculate conception concerns the midwives. Sister Julienne and Trixie plan to push back against the Board of Health’s disapproval of the way Nonnatus House operates. Repeats 1am

9:00 WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT ON MASTERPIECE — Part 2 of 6. Obedience. The Duke of Norfolk’s brother makes a move towards the throne; and Cromwell has a chance to destroy an enemy. As the dissolution of the monasteries gathers speed, a personal pilgrimage shakes his view of himself and his place in the world. Repeats 2am

10:00 MARIE ANTOINETTE, SERIES 2 — Part 2 of 8. A Poison Pen. Marie Antoinette’s dangerous aﬀair with Fersen reignites when they are cast to star in “The Marriage of Figaro.” However, the production turns out to be a plot to challenge Louis’s authority.

11:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS CHATFIELD FARMS, HOUR 1 — R

12M AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: CHANGE, NOT CHARITY: THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT — R

31 Monday

7:00 PBS NEWS HOUR — Weeknights. Visit pbs.org/newshour Repeats next day, 7am

8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS

CHATFIELD FARMS, HOUR 2 — Roadshow strikes gold in Colorado with ﬁnds that include Paul Revere Jr. silver tablespoons; a 1942 DC Comics promotional Superman ﬁgurine; and a 1974 Sam Gilliam June 5 acrylic painting. One is $125,000 to $150,000.

9:00 SHAKING IT UP: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LIZ CARPENTER — See the March 22, 8 p.m. listing. R

10:00 GOING YOUR WAY — Explore the personal, medical and spiritual aspects of end-of-life care. Gain insights from experts and hear powerful, courageous stories from real people sharing their end-of-life planning and how it can be less painful.

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The WETA PBS Kids channel oﬀers a safe haven for young viewers, presenting educational programming 24 hours each day, seven days a week.

WEEKDAYS ON WETA PBS KIDS

• Cliﬀord the Big Red Dog, 6am

• Sesame Street, 6:30am

• Pinkalicious & Peterriﬁc, 7am

• Mecha Builders, 7:30am

• Sesame Street, 8am

• Milo, 8:30am

• Work It Out Wombats!, 9am, 9:30am

• Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, 10am, 10:30am

• Carl the Collector, 11am

• Curious George, 11:30am

• Donkey Hodie, 12n, 12:30pm

• Elinor Wonders Why, 1pm

• Rosie’s Rules, 1:30pm, 2pm

• Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, 2:30pm

• Alma’s Way, 3pm, 3:30pm

• Lyla in the Loop, 4pm

• Arthur, 4:30pm

• Odd Squad, 5pm

• Skillsville, 5:30pm

• Wild Kratts, 6pm, 6:30pm

• Lyla in the Loop, 7pm

• Nature Cat, 7:30pm

• Molly of Denali, 8pm

• Hero Elementary, 8:30pm

• Cyberchase, 9pm

• Let’s Go Luna! 9:30pm

Visit weta.org/schedule for complete WETA PBS Kids listings.

WEEKDAYS ON WETA PBS, 8 AM – 3 PM

• Lyla in the Loop, 8am

• Carl the Collector, 8:30 am

• Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, 9am

• Rosie’s Rules, 9:30am

• Sesame Street, 10am

• Work It Out Wombats!, 10:30am

• Donkey Hodie, 11am

• Pinkalicious & Peterriﬁc, 11:30am

• Elinor Wonders Why, 12n

• Nature Cat, 12:30pm

• Molly of Denali, 1pm

• Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, 1:30pm

• Wild Kratts, 2pm

• Alma’s Way, 2:30pm

SUNDAYS ON WETA PBS, 6 AM - 9 AM

• Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, 6am

• Arthur, 6:30am

• Wild Kratts, 7am

• Alma’s Way, 7:30am

• Lyla in the Loop, 8am

• Carl the Collector, 8:30am

Skillsville

New series premieres March 3; 5:30 p.m. weekdays on WETA PBS Kids

WETA since its founding has presented highquality educational television programs developed to enhance children’s learning and social skills For more than a half-century, parents and caregivers have relied on these o erings to complement youngsters’ academic learning. Building reading, literacy, STEM and important social-emotional skills, the program o erings air 24 hours a day, seven days a week on the WETA PBS Kids channel; and they air 7 hours each weekday on WETA PBS (with an additional block of programs on Sunday mornings).

This month, a dynamic new animated series for kids joins the WETA PBS Kids channel lineup: Skillsville encourages children ages 4-8 to practice essential life skills that can shape their future. The programs center on three best friends who enjoy a new virtual reality role-playing game, “Skillsville,” in which they get to manage their own virtual city. Trying out various jobs, they help keep the city running smoothly, and when things go wrong, it’s up to them to problem-solve and develop creative solutions. They become paper plane air tra c controllers, lemonade-stand entrepreneurs, rollercoaster train engineers, among many roles — learning how di erent jobs beneﬁt the city of Skillsville and those who live there.

Episodes of the series focus on life skills that the characters cultivate via their avatars in the game world, where the three work together and learn useful strategies to complete tasks and earn career-related badges. Beyond the game, the youngsters apply the skills they’ve acquired to further learn, work and manage the activities of daily life.

The series is funded by a Ready To Learn grant from the U.S. Department of Education with the goal of enhancing workforce readiness for young children.

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British Television at Its Best

The WETA UK channel is devoted to the best in British television programming, presenting beloved classics and contemporary series around the clock, seven days a week. WETA UK oﬀers a full schedule of ﬁne entertainment programming — featuring drama, mystery and comedy — in addition to documentary series and news reports.

MARCH P.M. PROGRAMMING ON WETA UK

VISIT WETA.ORG/SCHEDULE FOR A PROGRAM LINEUP

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

• Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland, Series 2

• Annika, Series 1 on Masterpiece (starts 3/23)

• Martin Clunes’ Islands of the Paci c, Series 2

• Ridley, Series 1 (starts 3/23)

• 2pm: The Brokenwood Mysteries, Series 1 (starts 3/2)

• 3:30pm, 3/2-3/9: British Antiques Roadshow

• 3:30pm-5pm, 3/163/23: Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen

• 3:30-5pm, 3/30: Ms. Fisher’s Modern Mysteries, Series 1

• 4pm: The Madame Blanc Mysteries, Series 1 (3/2-3/9)

5pm Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Series 12 & 13

Mr Bates vs The Post Of ce runs 3/3-3/7; Us on Masterpiece (11am-1pm: 3/10-3/11); Ridley, Series 1 on Masterpiece runs 3/12-3/21; Grantchester, Series 1 on Masterpiece starts 3/24

Sanditon, Series 3 on Masterpiece runs through 3/7; Call the Midwife, Series 12 runs 3/10-3/19, Series 13 starts 3/20

Good Karma Hospital

Agatha Christie’s Poirot (Series 1)

BBC News: The Context

5:30pm BBC News America

• 2pm, 3/4-3/11: Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland, Series 2

• 3pm: 3/4-3/11: Martin Clunes’ Islands of the Paci c, Series 2

• 4pm: 3/4-3/11: Treasures with Bettany Hughes, Series 1

• 2pm starting 3/18:

DI Ray, Series 1

• 3pm starting 3/18: Annika, Series 1 on Masterpiece

• 4pm starting 3/18: Before We Die

BBC News: The Context

6pm Still Open All Hours Still

6:30pm Rick Steve’s Europe

7pm

• RFDS: Royal Flying Doctors Service, Series 1

The Paris Murders, Series 2 The Brokenwood Mysteries, Series 1 & 2

• 3pm: Velvet, Series 1 (90 min)

• 3pm starting 3/26: L’Opera

• 4:30pm: British Antiques Roadshow (through 3/19)

• 4pm starting 3/26: School of Champions

BBC News: The Context

Twenty Twelve

• Miss Scarlet, Series 5 on Masterpiece

• Ridley, Series 1 (starts 3/21)

• All Creatures Great and Small, Series 5 on Masterpiece

• Prof. T (UK), Series 3 (starts 3/28)

Doc Martin, Series 9 & 10 Van der Valk, Series 4 on Masterpiece

BBC News: The Context

• 12n: All Creatures Great & Small, Season 5

• 12n, 3/29: Prof. T (UK), Series 3

• 1-3pm: Death in Paradise, Series 11

• 1pm, 3/29: Madame Blanc Mysteries, Series 1

• 2pm, 3/29: The Trouble with Maggie Cole

• 3pm: Hotel Porto no, Series 11

• Agatha Christie (Lucy Worsley)

• Secrets of the Dead: Althorp (3/22)

• Wolf Hall, Series 2 (starts 3/29)

BBC News: The Context Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Series 12 & 13

News America

Steves’ Europe

Secrets of Royal Palaces

• 3/5: Osborne House

• 3/12: Orchard House/Little Women

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8:30pm 9pm

• Rick Steves’ Art of Europe (starts 3/16)

• 8-10pm, 3/2-3/23: Secrets of the Royal Palaces, Series 4

• 10pm, 3/2: Osborne House: A Royal Treat

• 10pm, 3/9: Orchard House: Home of Little Women

• 10pm, 3/16-3/23: Victoria and Albert: The Wedding

• Secrets of Royal Palaces • 3/31: The Real Crown/House of Windsor

• 8pm, 3/3-3/10: Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland, Series 2

• 9pm: 3/3-3/10: Martin Clunes’ Islands of the Paci c, Series 2

• 10pm: 3/3-3/10: Treasures with Bettany Hughes, Series 1

Foreign Favourites

• 8pm: The Paris Murders, Series 2

• 9pm: Velvet, Series 1

• Victoria & Albert Wedding starts 3/19

• 8pm: The Brokenwood Mysteries, Series 1 & 2

• 9:30pm: Twenty Twelve

Martin Clues (Paci c); Miriam & Alan (Scotland); L. Worsley Investigates; Rick Steves (Art)

• Miss Scarlet, Series 5 on Masterpiece

• Ridley, Series 1 (starts 3/20)

Treasures with B. Hughes, 3/7-3/14; L. Worsley Investigates, 3/21; Secrets of the Dead: Althorp, 3/28

Royal Flying Doctors Service, Series 1; Adrian Dunbar: My Ireland (3/15-3/22); Brokenwood Mysteries (3/29) 7:30pm

Masterworks Showcase

• 8-11pm: Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Series 12 & 13

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Series 12 & 13

° 3/7: Murder on the Orient Express/The Clocks

• 8:30pm, 3/29: Professor T (UK), Series 3

• 8pm, 3/30: The Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor

• 8pm starting 3/17: DI Ray, Series 1

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• 9pm, 3/30: Highclere: Behind the Scenes

• 10pm, 3/30: Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

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• 9pm starting 3/17: Annika, Series 1 on Masterpiece

• 10pm starting 3/17: Before We Die

• 10:30pm: British Antiques Roadshow through 3/18

• 9pm starting 3/25: L’Opera

• 10pm starting 3/25: School of Champions

• 10pm: Doc Martin, Series 9; Series 10 starts 3/26

• All Creatures Great and Small, Series 5 on Masterpiece

• Prof. T (UK), Series 3 (starts 3/27)

° 3/14: Elephants Can Remember/The Big Four

9:30pm Twenty Twelve

Van der Valk, Series 4 on Masterpiece (starts 3/6)

° 3/21: Dead Man’s Folly/Labors of Hercules

° 3/28: Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case (90 min.)

• 9:30pm, 3/28: Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on Masterpiece

Doc Martin, Series 9 & 10

• Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen

• Ridley, Series 1 (starts 3/22) 11:30pm [See 8pm] [See 8pm] [See 8pm] [See 8pm] [See 8pm] SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

ISecrets of the Royal Palaces, Series 4

WETA UK Highlights

Sundays, March 2-23, 8-10 p.m. on WETA UK

n the latest season of Secrets of the Royal Palaces, the series continues its presentation of stories about the residences of the British monarchy. Filled with tales of intrigue, the programs visit many of the most prominent royal estates of the UK. Specialist historians, royal commentators and ex-royal sta members guide the tour, sharing behind-the-scenes details about palace events and features that have shaped Britain’s modern royal family. The 8 episodes, airing Sundays in double features on WETA UK, spotlight Buckingham Palace; Westminster; Windsor Castle (at right); Greenwich Palace; Hampton Court; St. James’s Palace; Osborne House; and Kensington Palace. Historian Kate Williams narrates.

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

Fridays at 8 p.m. on WETA

WUK

ETA UK presents the final episodes of popular series Agatha Christie’s Poirot, including some of the best-known investigations of the famed fictional Belgian super-sleuth. David Suchet stars. The cases include Murder on the Orient Express (March 7, 8 p.m.) in which Poirot must crack an extraordinary mystery aboard the world’s most glamorous train. Co-stars in the episode include Dame Eileen Atkins, Barbara Hershey, Toby Jones and Hugh Bonneville. In Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case (March 28, 8 p.m.), the detective is reunited with his friend Captain Hastings at Styles, the country house where the pair first met. There, Poirot must summon his strength to battle his ultimate nemesis. Additional March episodes are The Clocks, Elephants Can Remember, The Big Four, Dead Man’s Folly and The Labors of Hercules.

DI Ray, Series 1

Mondays at 8 p.m. starting March 17 on WETA UK W

ETA UK reprises the British detective drama that follows British Asian policewoman DI Rachita Ray (Parminder Nagra) as she joins the Birmingham-based Homicide team. Her excitement at the new job is tempered when her boss immediately assigns her to a CSH (“culturally speciﬁc homicide”) involving the suspected honor killing of a young Muslim man. She realizes the suspects aren’t guilty; but her reasoning falls on deaf ears and hidden biases — until her probing leads the team to a web of deceit within organized crime. The case lays bare wounds within Ray that she has spent a lifetime ignoring. At 9 p.m. on Mondays after DI Ray, WETA UK presents Masterpiece series Annika, Series 1, starring Nicola Walker as a Glasgow Homicide detective who too faces challenges as she leads her team of investigators.

WETA Metro is the streaming and broadcast television channel that features popular PBS programming and engaging content curated for our local audience, including offerings spotlighting the Metro D.C. community. The channel is simulcast with WETA PBS most evenings. Each day on WETA Metro, enjoy local programs, news and public affairs offerings (such as PBS News Hour, weekdays at 6 p.m./11 p.m.), and lifestyle and culture shows.

Stream at weta.org/livestream or via the PBS app

WBefore We Die

Sundays, March 2 & 9, 8-11 p.m. on WETA Metro

hen her lover and colleague Sean goes missing, Detective Inspector Hannah Laing is determined to ﬁnd him and launches an urgent manhunt. Hannah contacts one of Sean’s conﬁdential sources, but can they help her discover Sean’s whereabouts before it’s too late? When Hannah eventually discovers the informant’s identity, she realizes there is far more at stake and the case becomes even more personal. This six-part 2021 British police drama, a remake of a Swedish original, stars Lesley Sharp (Scott & Bailey) alongside Patrick Gibson and Vincent Regan. Binge-watch the series with WETA Passport.

The Calling: A Medical School Journey

Saturday, March 22 at 8 p.m. on WETA Metro

Explore the changing landscape of medicine and follow medical students at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York, where a historic $1 billion donation in 2024 made tuition free. The Calling: A Medical School Journey tracks the professional and personal experiences of a dynamic group of students in various stages of their medical education, chronicling their hopes, fears and growth as they navigate challenging issues, including medical inequity in the American health system. The ﬁlm culminates in the pivotal fourth year, when students balance their clinical rotations with e orts to land their hoped-for hospital residencies.

AHuman Footprint

Wednesdays, March 5 & 12, 8-11 p.m. on WETA Metro

six-part documentary series, hosted by biologist and Princeton University professor Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton, embarks on a journey to understand the ways humans have impacted the planet — and what those transformations tell us about who we are as a species. Part science series and part travel show, Human Footprint travels the globe, exploring stories of science, history and culture to reveal the complicated, conﬂicted and remarkable species that is Homo sapiens. The series covers a wide range of topics; episodes are Strangers in Paradise; Top Predator; Man’s Best Friend; The Replacements; The Urban Jungle; and The Ground Below.

The WETA World channel is a 24/7 news and public affairs service devoted to fact-based nonfiction programming, sharing broad perspectives, stories and ideas. WETA World informs and educates, presenting award-winning documentaries and domestic and international news broadcasts. The channel features a slate of original programs that examine issues with an array of voices and illuminate conflicts, movements and cultures around the globe. Stream WETA World at weta.org or via the PBS app

Groundbreakers

Sunday, March 2 at 10 p.m. on WETA World

Atwo -hour documentary celebrates 50 years of excellence and advancement in women’s sports, spotlighting the impact of Title IX, which in 1972 made it possible for girls to participate in sports activities nationwide. Groundbreakers features sports icon and equality champion Billie Jean King discussing the past, present and future of women in sports with trailblazing women athletes. Interviews include (at right) Billie Jean King and ﬂag football star Diana Flores; basketball legend Nancy Lieberman and Olympic gold snowboarder Chloe Kim; soccer star and World Cup winner Julie Foudy and Olympic gold gymnast Suni Lee; and track and ﬁeld world-record holder Jackie Joyner-Kersee with tennis champion Naomi Osaka.

The Philadelphia Eleven

Wednesday, March 19 at 7 p.m. on WETA World

Afilm explores a largely unknown story, introducing the trailblazers who challenged patriarchy within Christendom and successfully created a blueprint for lasting institutional change. The film chronicles how a group of women in the Episcopal Church shared a calling to become priests. After two legislative votes failed to make it possible for women to be ordained, in 1974 these women organized their own ordination as priests in defiance of church norms. Their ordination became a personal struggle and a very public battle over whether women were qualified to lead. Despite the backlash, they successfully changed the church by asserting their vision for a new way forward.

American Masters:

Becoming Helen Keller

Saturday, March 29 at 8 p.m. on WETA World

The American Masters ﬁlm Becoming Helen Keller revisits the remarkable life and career of a 20th-century icon and human rights pioneer. The documentary rediscovers the complex life and legacy of author and activist Helen Keller (1880-1968) — who was deaf and blind since childhood — exploring how she used her celebrity and wit to advocate for social justice, particularly for women, workers, people with disabilities and people living in poverty. American Masters tells Keller’s story through photos, archival ﬁlm clips and interviews with historians and scholars — delving beyond the mythologized disability icon to look at her rich, decades-long career.

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WFront Row Washington: National Chamber Players

Monday, March 31 at 9 p.m.

ETA Classical program Front Row Washington this month features the local National Chamber Players, which is made up of members of the National Symphony Orchestra and other prominent artists under the artistic direction of NSO cellist James Lee (left). Performing at Episcopal High School’s Pendleton Hall, on the March 31 program they play Concerto for four violins by German baroque composer Georg Philip Telemann; Schubert’s Nocturne in Eb Major, Op. 148; and Schumann’s Piano Quintet in Eb Major, Op. 44. Tune in to WETA Classical’s concert showcase Mondays at 9 p.m. for live performances recorded around Greater Washington.

Bach Month on Choral Showcase

Sundays at 9 p.m.

Choral Showcase celebrates Bach this month: On March 2, hear three of the composer’s cantatas from the time he began a new post in Leipzig in Spring, 1723. Then, on March 9, the famous “Hunt” Cantata, BWV 208, heralds Spring alongside Britten’s Spring Symphony and Rachmanino ’s Spring cantata. The March 16 program presents Bach’s Cantata BWV 140, Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme or “Sleepers Awake”; Stravinsky’s Les noces, “The Wedding”; and Vaughan Williams’s Epithalamion. One of Bach’s brief “Lutheran” Masses, BWV 233, airs March 23 with another Missa Brevis by Thea Musgrave and two Masses for Double Choir by Joseph Rheinberger and Frank Martin. Completing the celebration on March 30 is St. John Passion performed by Washington Bach Consort.

NSO Showcase: Simon, Shostakovich & Stravinsky

Wednesday, March 5 at 9 p.m.

You’ve heard of the 3 Bs (Bach, Beethoven and Brahms)? This month’s NSO Showcase program features three composers whose names begin with the letter “S”. National Symphony Orchestra Music Director Gianandrea Noseda leads the ensemble in two works by Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence Carlos Simon. The Block is an homage to the Black artist Romare Bearden, who celebrated Harlem’s vibrant culture; and This Land is inspired by Emma Lazarus’ poem “The New Colossus,” which is engraved on the Statue of Liberty. Also featured is Shostakovich’s 6th Symphony and Stravinsky’s complete fairytale ballet, Firebird NSO Showcase streams all month on wetaclassical.org BY

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Opera Matinee, Saturdays at 1 p.m., features Bizet’s Carmen (March 1); Puccini’s La Bohème (March 8); Beethoven’s Fidelio (March 15); works by Ravel and Poulenc (March 22); and Heggie’s Moby-Dick (March 29).

Classical for Washington

Ethel Smyth on Classical Breakdown

Episode posts March 4 at classicalbreakdown.org

In March — Women’s History Month — a new episode of the popular WETA Classical podcast Classical Breakdown spotlights brilliant British composer Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) and her majestic composition Mass in D, a riveting work that this month has its Washington, D.C. premiere in a local performance by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Cathedral Choral Society and Clarion Choir.

Smyth was an amazing woman, a child prodigy and superb pianist who began composing at the age of 12 and decided very young to pursue music studies, and eventually a career in music, despite the disapproval of her father. She was a ﬁerce advocate for women’s rights, openly bisexual, and a prominent su ragette at the turn of the 20th century, becoming a close companion of Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the Women’s Social and Political Union. Smyth went to jail for her activism but was undeterred from pursuing the vote for women.

Smyth’s music was appreciated by fellow composers Johannes Brahms and Piotr Tchaikovsky — and during her studies at the Leipzig Conservatory and elsewhere she met Antonín Dvořák, Edvard Grieg and Clara Schumann — yet her time never came. She was overlooked by orchestras and critics, resulting in much of her music going unappreciated. But her works have found their rightful place on the stage and in recordings in recent years.

Enjoy the Classical Breakdown podcast episode on Smyth that posts on March 4, in which host John Banther — WETA Classical on-air host, production manager, and host of weekly Front Row Washington broadcast — and Steven Fox, Cathedral Choral Society music director and conductor, discuss the composer and her Mass in D, pointing out what to listen for.

“I ﬁrst learned about this work when we were planning a concert with Cathedral Choral Society to give at Washington National Cathedral in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and women’s right to vote,” said Fox. “I found this work and was just absolutely mesmerized by the power of the music, and the dramatic qualities. To me, it’s a completely original voice.”

Cathedral Choral Society joins forces with the Clarion Choir and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to perform Smyth’s Mass in D — a grand mass in the late VictorianRomantic style — on Sunday, March 16 at Washington National Cathedral. Listen to Classical Breakdown to learn more about this extraordinary composer. In March, also visit WETA Classical’s blog at classicalscore.org for embedded Classical Breakdown episodes spotlighting women in classical music; and enjoy music by women composers throughout the month on WETA Classical.

Among other Women’s History Month o erings, tune in to WETA PBS on Friday, March 28 at 9 p.m. for the documentary ﬁlm Jacqueline Du Pré: Genius and Tragedy, spotlighting the famed 20th-century cellist.

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Cathedral Choral Society

COLIN JOHNSON Cathedral Choral Society Music Director Steven Fox

Ethel Smyth

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UNCLE VANYA

BY ANTON CHEKHOV

ADAPTED BY CONOR MCPHERSON DIRECTED BY SIMON GODWIN

PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE

BEGINS MAR 30 | HARMAN HALL

When the distinguished elderly owner of a rural estate returns with a new, young wife, Yelena, chaos erupts. Tensions run high, marriages reach their limits, confessions—and vodka— ow freely, and weapons are drawn. Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Paddington) plays Uncle Vanya in this heartbreaking comedy about the eternal battle between futility and change.

Photo of Hugh Bonneville for Uncle Vanya courtesy of the artist.